Theory of Evolution Quiz

When did Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution formulate in his mind?

• while he was still a student

• before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S Beagle

• During his voyage on H.M.S Beagle, and after he reached the Galapagos Islands

• while writing the On the Origin of Species

The theory of use and disuse was introduced by:

• Lamarck

• Darwin

• Bonnet

• Buffon

Organisms that inherit favorable traits survive and reproduce more successfully than others. This process is

• natural selection

• genetic variation

• adaptation

• evolution

_______ believed that organisms develop traits needed for survival and that traits that were unused would become weaker and gradually disappear.

• Darwin

• Lamarck

• Buffon

• Bonnet

____________ believed that those organisms that were best suited for their environment would survive and pass on their beneficial traits to their offspring. 

• Darwin

• Lamarck

• Bonnet

• Buffon

What is another name for natural selection?

• survival of the smartest

• survival of the fastest

• survival of the biggest

• survival of the fittest

According to the theory of natural selection, some individuals are more likely to survive and reproduce than others because they:

• pass on to their offspring their newly acquired traits

• are better adapted to their environment than others and will pass on those adaptations to future offspring.

• do not pass on newly acquired traits

• produce fewer offspring than others in the same environment

Which of the following ideas were proposed by Lamarck. More than one answer may be correct. Mark all that apply.

• use and disuse of structures

• natural selection

• struggle for existence

• inheritance of acquired characters

According to theory of transformation, the organs and limbs that utilize more frequently for their survival will _______.

• enhanced

• shrink

• becomes vestiges

• decrease in number